on sharapova’s french open dress: the speculation continues…

One more to throw into the fray for Maria Sharapova‘s possible French Open kit. Rich at Down the Line! scoured the Nike site and came up with this beauty.

While the dress has no athlete linked to its description, this dark blue number is definitely a candidate for Masha’s outfit (unlike the Paris Tank and Skirt, which were linked to Masha). Judging by the bow on the bust, we know it’s definitely not Serena‘s. And Maria has gone both light (pink tutu, 2006) and dark (last year’s dark blue layers) in French Opens past, so who knows which way she’ll go this year?

Buy: Nike Paris Tennis Dress, Dark Obsidian/Chalk, $100. By the way, the Doubles Dress, in a Chalk/Dark Obsidian colorway, is also a fave of mine. It has a thin belt and a ruffled hem. $75.

Well, I hope the same thing happened in AO 2008 happens again in RG.
In AO, we got a sneak peek at what Maria would wear, that is the potato dress. My thoughts when I saw the dress, I didn’t like it too much because it’s too simple and the color is ugly.

Later on, we saw that Hantuchova wore it too, even before the AO.
At the AO, we then finally saw what Maria wore : the white version of the potato dress, which is I can say way better than the one we saw in the preview.

If this blue dress is what she’s going to wear, I won’t really like it because again, I think she can come up with something better. I hope she’ll come up with something a little bit different than this, or maybe she’ll look great on this dress.